Marble King
Established in the late 1940's, Marble King Marbles have gained a high level of recognition and respect worldwide. Explore and understand why this brand is synonymous with tradition, quality, and history by visiting their interactive museum and the expanded gift shop. Not only have these marbles been highlighted on local news channels, but they have also made appearances in several Hollywood films. Indeed, Marble King Marbles have justifiably earned the title of being the world's best-known and most-loved marbles.
Blenko
Blenko Glass Company has been a family owned and operated company since 1893. We have been located in Milton, WV since 1921. Exquisite color, skilled craftsmen, and imaginative designs have made Blenko famous in the time-honored craft of hand-blown glass. In a world of ever increasing automation, we at Blenko pride ourselves in paying particular attention to the forms and designs of our handmade products
Metsch Refractories, Inc.
MRI is a dry process, custom design manufacturer of technical ceramics for industrial and consumer products. At MRI, we have been meeting customer needs for over 50 years, encompassing literally thousands of applications across a wide scope of industries. It is with our know-how – technical knowledge, experience and versatile capability – that we can address an application need and manufacture the right product for it. Our know-how is in everything we do. In design assistance. In ceramic body compositions. In product forming and firing methods. And, in a stringent quality control program. The result is a reliable technical ceramic for your specific need.
Fiesta Tableware Company
he Fiesta Tableware Company is a ceramics manufacturer located in Newell, West Virginia, United States. Established in 1871, it is widely known for its Art Deco glazed dinnerware line, Fiesta.
Paul Wissmach Glass Company, Inc.
The Paul Wissmach Glass Company, Inc. is making glass since 1904, in Paden City, West Virginia, USA. We constantly introduce new colors and types of glass to meet the demands of today’s glass artists and designers. Making glass is a hot business, both literally and figuratively. The factory has 14 brick furnaces that use natural gas to heat the limestone, soda ash and sand to 2,200°F (1,200°C). Different mixtures of ingredients create the distinct Wissmach colors. After heating, workers scoop the molten glass from the furnace and wheel it over to the glass press where a roller presses it into one of the 18 patterns that the company produces. The glass then travels down a 125 foot conveyor through a temperature controlled kiln called a lehr. The purpose of the lehr is to anneal the glass, or slowly and evenly cool it, to give the glass its durability and to prevent shattering or heat related breaking. At the end of the conveyor, workers carefully remove the cooled sheet of glass and cut it to the appropriate size.
